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Chippewa Valley Schools
District details
School board members: 7
Students: 14,703 (2022-2023)
Schools: 20 (2022-2023)
Website: Link

Chippewa Valley Schools is a school district in Michigan (Macomb County). During the 2023 school year, 14,703 students attended one of the district's 20 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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• 2024
• 2014

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Chippewa Valley Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Chippewa Valley Board of Education At-large (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Chippewa Valley Board of Education At-large on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Donald Kuntz (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Talitha T. Mahome (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Lewis A. Miles III (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Terry Prince (Nonpartisan)
		Monica Radyko (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Rita E. Zielinski (Nonpartisan)

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Chippewa Valley Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Chippewa Valley Board of Education At-large

Incumbent Laura Cardamone and incumbent Andrew Patzert won election in the general election for Chippewa Valley Board of Education At-large on November 4, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Laura Cardamone (Nonpartisan)
✔		Andrew Patzert (Nonpartisan)

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Election rules

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Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Michigan are held on the first Tuesday after the First Monday in November every two years in even-numbered years.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384

Recent or upcoming election dates for all local school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all local school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

• Filing deadline date: July 21, 2026
• General election date: November 3, 2026

Election system

School board members in Michigan are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Michigan are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Michigan Election Law on school board candidate nominating petitions states, "(2)The nominating petition must be substantially in the form prescribed in section 544c, except that the petition must be nonpartisan." It also states, "At any regular election, the names of the several nonpartisan offices to be voted for shall be placed on a separate portion of the ballot containing no party designation in the following order: [...], and in a year in which an election for the office is held, local school district board member, metropolitan district officer, and district library board member."

See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303 and Section 168.699

Winning an election

The candidate or candidates that receive the most votes in the nonpartisan general election are elected to office.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.307

Term length and staggering

All school districts other community school districts in Michigan have board member terms of either four or six years depending on the board by-laws. As of 2022, 60% of school districts in Michigan had six-year board member terms, and 40% -- including community school districts -- had four-year board member terms.

Community school districts in Michigan have four-year board member terms. Initial terms for the first board members of newly organized community school districts are two, four, or six years to stagger elections.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.11a and Michigan Statute Section 380.384

For community school districts in Michigan, as close to half of school board members as possible for each district are elected every two years, which means either three or four seats are up for election at each even-year election. At the first board member election after community school districts are first organized, all seven board member seats are elected. Two members are elected to two-year terms, three members are elected to four-year terms, and two members are elected to six-year terms, with higher vote totals dictating longer initial terms. After initial terms, all board members have four-year terms, which results in staggered elections: four seats up in one election and three seats up in the next election.

Michigan statute requires that at least one board member must be elected every two years at each regular even-year election. Specific seat staggering details for school districts other than community school districts are determined at the local level by the district board's bylaws. Most districts with four-year board member terms elect as close to half of board members as possible every two years. Most districts with six-year board member terms elect as close to one-third of board members as possible every two years.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384 and Michigan Statute Section 168.301

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School board members in Michigan are elected at large by all voters in the district.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303, Section 168.307, and Section 380.384 (3)

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

School board candidates must file affidavits and nomination petitions or candidate filing fees by 4 p.m. on the 15th Tuesday before the November election. This means that the school board candidate filing deadline is in late July every even-numbered year.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303

Newly elected school board members in Michigan officially take office on January 1 of the year following the election.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384 and Section 168.302

 

About the district

School board

Chippewa Valley Schools consists of seven members serving six-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Denise Aquino
Christopher Gura
Shannon King
Kenneth Pearl
George Sobah
Bruce Wade
Robert Wojtowicz

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Overlapping state house districts

Chippewa Valley Schools

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
Michigan House of Representatives District 60	Joseph Aragona	Republican Party	67%	56%
Michigan House of Representatives District 61	Denise Mentzer	Democratic Party	30%	30%
Michigan House of Representatives District 59	Douglas Wozniak	Republican Party	3%	2%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2020-2021

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$11,925,000	$803	5%
Local:	$71,176,000	$4,791	32%
State:	$138,334,000	$9,312	62%
Total:	$221,435,000	$14,906

Expenditures, 2020-2021

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$216,343,000	$14,563
Total Current Expenditures:	$174,573,000	$11,751
Instructional Expenditures:	$112,199,000	$7,552	52%
Student and Staff Support:	$22,986,000	$1,547	11%
Administration:	$20,721,000	$1,394	10%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$18,667,000	$1,256	9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$24,863,000	$1,673
Construction:	$14,707,000	$990
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$1,150,000	$77
Interest on Debt:	$15,757,000	$1,060

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	39	60-64	16	20-24	<50	32	42
2018-2019	49	65-69	21	37	<50	44	53
2017-2018	41	55-59	17	32	<50	36	44
2016-2017	48	65-69	20	33	<=20	42	52
2015-2016	46	60-64	20	29	<50	39	50
2014-2015	45	62	21	32	<50	38	48
2013-2014	41	55-59	20	30	21-39	35-39	43
2012-2013	42	55-59	23	30-34	21-39	30-34	44
2011-2012	38	50-54	21	25-29	21-39	30-34	40
2010-2011	85	85-89	65	80-84	>=80	85-89	88

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	50	70-74	29	40-44	<50	44	52
2018-2019	54	70-74	31	45	<50	49	57
2017-2018	42	55-59	24	38	<50	41	45
2016-2017	54	65-69	32	44	21-39	53	57
2015-2016	54	60-64	32	44	>=50	50	58
2014-2015	54	65	31	43	<50	50	56
2013-2014	72	75-79	54	60-64	40-59	65-69	75
2012-2013	72	70-74	55	60-64	60-79	70-74	74
2011-2012	70	70-74	53	60-64	60-79	65-69	72
2010-2011	86	90-94	68	80-84	>=80	80-84	88

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	93	>=90	85-89	80-89		80-89	95
2018-2019	94	>=90	85-89	>=90		80-89	95
2017-2018	92	>=90	85-89	>=90	PS	90-94	93
2016-2017	92	>=90	85-89	>=90	PS	80-89	94
2015-2016	90	>=90	80-84	80-89		80-89	92
2014-2015	92	>=90	80-84	>=80	>=50	>=80	93
2013-2014	89	>=80	85-89	>=90	PS	80-89	90
2012-2013	88	>=80	75-79	>=80	PS	70-79	90
2011-2012	87	>=80	75-79	>=80	PS	70-79	89
2010-2011	85	>=80	65-69	60-79	PS	60-79	87

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023	14,703	-0.2
2021-2022	14,735	-0.8
2020-2021	14,855	-5.8
2019-2020	15,715	-2.2
2018-2019	16,061	-1.5
2017-2018	16,296	0.4
2016-2017	16,226	-1.2
2015-2016	16,421	0.1
2014-2015	16,403	-0.5
2013-2014	16,477	0.3
2012-2013	16,422	1.5
2011-2012	16,178	0.6
2010-2011	16,088	-0.2
2009-2010	16,116	2.4
2008-2009	15,729	1.2
2007-2008	15,533	2.4
2006-2007	15,164	2.1
2005-2006	14,844	3.1
2004-2005	14,387	3.3
2003-2004	13,906	4.6
2002-2003	13,272	3.7
2001-2002	12,783	3.6
2000-2001	12,329	3.5
1999-2000	11,894	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2022-2023

RACE	Chippewa Valley Schools (%)	Michigan K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.1	0.6
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	3.0	3.6
Black	12.7	18.1
Hispanic	4.6	8.9
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	5.9	5.1
White	73.7	63.6

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Chippewa Valley Schools had 733.54 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 20.04.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	13.20
Kindergarten:	40.70
Elementary:	253.30
Secondary:	348.94
Total:	733.54

Chippewa Valley Schools employed 37.70 district administrators and 39.00 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	37.70
District Administrative Support:	4.33
School Administrators:	39.00
School Administrative Support:	93.98

Other staff, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	91.51
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	9.70
Total Guidance Counselors:	25.60
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	19.60
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00
Library/Media Support:	21.45
Student Support Services:	194.82
Other Support Services:	225.54

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

Chippewa Valley Schools operates 20 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Algonquin Middle School	497	6-8
Cherokee Elementary School	548	PK-5
Cheyenne Elementary School	451	PK-5
Chippewa Valley Adult And Mohegan Alt Educ	140	9-12
Chippewa Valley High School	2,221	9-12
Clinton Valley Elementary School	328	PK-5
Dakota High School	2,723	9-12
Erie Elementary School	427	PK-5
Fox Elementary School	487	PK-5
Huron Elementary School	485	PK-5
International Academy Of Macomb	446	9-12
Iroquois Middle School	843	6-8
Miami Elementary School	482	PK-5
Mohawk Elementary School	476	PK-5
Ojibwa Elementary School	670	PK-5
Ottawa Elementary School	500	PK-5
Seneca Middle School	1,108	6-8
Sequoyah Elementary School	524	PK-5
Shawnee Elementary School	699	PK-5
Wyandot Middle School	848	6-8

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